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Charlottesville—Right Now! with Coy Barefoot: Jody Kielbasa

Jody Kielbasa, Director of the Virginia Film Festival joined Charlottesville—Right Now! with Coy Barefoot to discuss the upcoming 2010 Oscar Awards.

 
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Charlottesville—Right Now! with Coy Barefoot: Jody Kielbasa

Jody Kielbasa, executive director of the Virginia Film Festival, joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss films he will never tire of.

 
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Wake-Up Call: Virginia Film Festival

WNRN Wake-up call host Rick Moore talks with director Jody Kielbasa of the Virginia Film Festival. This year’s film festival is occurring its 22nd year and the theme is funny business. A program guide of the Virginia Film Festival will be available Tuesday to see everything that is playing. The event goes [...]

 
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Habeas Corpus and Ensuring Constitutional Protections

In today’s show, adapted from an article written by freelance writer Karen Doss Bowman, we discuss the work of UVa Professor Paul Halliday, and his research of Habeas Corpus, the only specific right enshrined in the US Constitution.

Habeas corpus, the judicial means by which prisoners may demand that their jailer show a valid [...]

 
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Gitmo and “The Response”

In our previous show we reflected on several of the movies showcased at this year’s Virginia Film Festival. In today’s show, we will examine “The Response,” a short film about the Guantanamo Bay War Tribunals and the plight of Guantanamo detainees by Sig Libowitz, screened at this year’s Virginia Film Festival.

During the [...]

 
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“Lake City” post-screening discussion

From the VA Film Festival website:

scene from Lake City

Filmed in the Richmond area and featuring local luminaries Sissy Spacek and Dave Matthews, Lake City captures a slice of small-town Virginia life with underlying layers of Southern gothic tragedy. Perry Moore and Mark Johnson, who met at the Virginia Film Festival when [...]

 
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“Bad Day at Black Rock” discussion

Scene from Bad Day at Black Rock

On October 31, the second day of the 2008 Virginia Film Festival, Bad Day at Black Rock was screened in Culbreth Theater. Sean McCord, lead writer for the VFF, introduced the film. After the screening, Sean discussed the film with Michael Sturges, Charlottesville resident and son [...]

 
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2008 Virginia Film Festival

In today’s show, adapted from an article written by John Kelly, we will preview this year’s Virginia Film Festival, hosted by the University of Virginia.

This year’s Virginia Film Festival, hosted by the University of Virginia, will kick off tomorrow, Oct. 30, and will feature some 80 films and 100 guests exploring the fearful [...]

 
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Producing the Virginia Film Festival

Richard Herzkowitz, artistic director of the Virginia Film Festival, talks about decisions and challenges of putting together the film festival each year. Terri Allard gives input on “Kid Pan Alley“, the songwriting of local elementary school children. Celebrity guests, recruitment, unusual acts and stories from the past round out this hour of the [...]

 
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Richard Herskowitz previews Virginia Film Festival 2007

The 2007 Virginia Film Festival is fast approaching, and this year’s line-up has been announced by Festival Director Richard Herskowitz. Hear what he had to say in this podcast, and read what he had to say at The Hook.

 
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Special thanks to Luke Church for providing the sound.

Wake-Up Call: All You Ever Wanted to Know About the Virginia Film Festival

The 2006 Virginia Film Festival begins this week with the theme “Revelations.” Rick Moore spends this week talking about what audiences can expect with festival director Richard Herskowitz, local filmmaker Paul Wagner and Andy Herz of “Live From the Hook” discuss this year’s festival–it’s theme, and some of the featured films.

 
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Richard Herskowitz announces line-up of 2006 Virginia Film Festival

The line-up for the 2006 Virginia Film Festival has been announced. The festival will explore the theme “Revelations: Finding God at the Movies” and will be held from October 26th through the 29th. Festival director Richard Herskowitz describes what attendees can expect at a press conference held at the Music Resource Center on [...]

 
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